![]() ![]() (a) He must be convinced that the object can be attained that it is not out of reach (d) The man must feel that what he is and what he does matters directly towards the attainment of the object. (c) The method of achievement must be active, aggressive. (a) There must be a great and noble object. … I remember sitting in my office and tabulating these foundations of morale something like this: It is that intangible force which will move a whole group of men to give their last ounce to achieve something, without counting the cost to themselves that makes them feel they are part of something greater than themselves. He is writing about a time in the war when the British were on the back foot in Burma and things, generally, were very bleak. It fell open at a well-marked page which I think captures the point better than I ever could. But since he was self-effacing by nature and fought the ‘forgotten war’ in the Far East, he had less fame than Monty. He stands alongside Montgomery as one of the outstanding British generals of World War II. ![]() Just today, I came across William Slim‘s book Defeat into Victory on my bookshelf. In countries, companies and, yes, individual lives the importance of confidence, of morale is critical to success but often overlooked. ![]() I was struck by this when I watched the series years ago and it rattles around in my brain quite often. ![]()
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